page_title: Enga Province
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Enga Province / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Staff house with staff at a rural secondary school in Ambum Valley, north of Wabag
context_page_description: Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea. It is located in the north most region of the highlands of PNG, having been divided from the Western Highlands to become a separate province when the provinces were created at the time of independence in 1975. The people of Enga are called Engans—they are a majority ethnic group—speaking one language in all its five districts: approximately 500,000 people. A small minority of Engans' land on the eastern side of the region remained in the Western Highlands, their territory being accessible by road from Mount Hagen but not directly from elsewhere in Enga territory.
context_section_description: There are numerous elementary and high schools in the province, both government-established and a number by Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches. For higher education Engans used to travel to senior high schools for grades 11 and 12 in other provinces recently, the Government has built three secondary schools for year 11 and 12. Further education is progressed at universities in Lae, Goroka Madang, Rabaul or Port Moresby or at the University Center in Wabag. Engans attend colleges in other parts of the country as well including the new Enga Teachers College and the Institute of Business Studies
caption: Staff house with staff at a rural secondary school in Ambum Valley, north of Wabag
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